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1 dead, 1 critically injured after being knocked from gondola at Quebec resort

Gondolas are seen at Mont-Tremblant Resort where one person died and another was critically injured after a gondola crashed into a piece of construction equipment, in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, on Sunday, July 16, 2023. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Gondolas are seen at Mont-Tremblant Resort where one person died and another was critically injured after a gondola crashed into a piece of construction equipment, in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, on Sunday, July 16, 2023. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Posted Monday, July 17, 2023 9:15 am

MONTREAL (AP) — One person died and another was critically injured when they were knocked out of a sightseeing gondola Sunday at the popular Mont-Tremblant resort, authorities said.

Quebec provincial police said the crash occurred shortly before noon when a piece of construction equipment struck the gondola at the mountain resort around 65 miles northwest of Montreal.

Police said in an email that the other passenger was taken to a Montreal-area hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Investigators from the major crimes division were sent to the scene.

The Tremblant Resort Association declined to comment on the accident, but said in a post on Facebook that activities at the mountain were suspended after the accident.

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